Dish-washing apparatus.



C. SHIPHBRD.

msm WASHING APPARATUS APPLIUATION FILED MAY 1G, E* .J.

PatentedJuly 28, 1914 PJDDW PIDDDDD DDDDD UNITED sTATgEs PATENT oEEIoE.

CAROLINE SHIPHERD, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

DISH-WASHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2s, 1914.

Application led May 16, 1913. v Serial No. 768,115.

vprovide a device for this purpose which will consist of few and simple parts so that it may be economically constructed, and will be convenient and durable in use.

The invention has reference to an appa.-

ratus so arranged that its parts. may be con- "veniently separated for cleaning them as often as may be necessary for sanitary requirements; and includes means byI use of which hot water may be discharged in a manner to clean and cleanse the dishes without manual handling.

The novel and useful features of the invention are fully described herein and illustrated in thedrawings, wherein,-

Figure l'is `a view of the apparatus in longitudinal section, the distributingpan being shown in section on line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view, on a reduced sca-le, of the distributing-pan. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thedish-holder, on a reduced scale.

Referring now to the drawing for a more `particular description, the apparatus consists, in part', of a cylindrical tank A having a downwardly convergent wall 6 provided with an inwardly projecting annular ridge 7 for the support of a removable strainer 8, the bottom o f the tank being indicated at 9; and in wall adjacent to the bottom, is provided -a disc -arge passageway with a suitable plug 10.. s

I provide adish-holder' or cylindrical receptacle-B having a' downwardly-convergent wall 11, thefdegreeL of ,Convergence being greater than that ofwallf6,/and it is provided near its lower `open end with an 1n- `wardly projecting ridge 12 for sustaining the apertured tray or ldish-support 13 to be disposed removably thereon.

4Wall 6 projects below the tank to provide 4the bearing-flange 14 so that said bottom will not become in 1ured Qrunduly worn, and as thus rdescribed, receptacle use of its bail 15, is placed vw1th1n tank A, its weight being supported upon strainer bottom of 'the 8, and it may be removed therefrom whenever desired.

At 16 is indicated a distributing pan provided with a .roll or outwardly-projecting ange 17 at the terminal of its upright wall so that it will catch upon the upper terminalof wall-11 of the cylindrical receptacle B for a support when disposed therein. It has a bottom 18 provided with numerous discharge apertures a. and vwith downwardly-projecting, outwardly-'divergent nozzles 19; and

when water passes therethrough, the nozzles prevent water from adhering to the lower surface of the bottom 18, and causeit to be discharged downwardly within receptacle B, and the `divergently formed nozzles tend to cause the water to be divided in its Inovement and to be discharged as a spray.

A cover for the tank is indicated at 20 and preferably it is provided near one of its edges with a sleeve or funnel 21 to provide an intake passageway for water to be discharged from the piston pump 22, said pumpv preferably having its cylinder secured to the upper part of the tank bymeans of collar 23 and' having a pipe 24 communicating with its cylinder from that part of thetank below the strainer 8. I

In order that the supply of waterdelivered by the pump lto sleeve 21 may be more equally distributed to pan 16, an arrange- Y ment of compartments22 and 23 (Fig. 3.) of substantially equal area is made for said pan by use of the partition' 24 extending diametrically across the pan, and the annular partition 25 which intersects parti.- tion 24.

In operation, after a supply of hot water has been placed in the tank, the dishes to be washed are placed in receptacle B, and the distributing-pan is then mounted upon said receptacle; the cover is then placed upon the tank and is so disposed that the intersecting portions of partitions 24 and 25 will lie immediately below the middle of sleeve 21. The apertures of tray 13 are indicated at 26, and said tray is provided with upright detents or upset lugs 27 adj acent to each aperture. In practice, a solution of lye may be vmixed with the water in the tank, or wash.

. may be Ydisposed uprightlorhorizontally lugs 27 provide supports therefor. The

watery after passing-through the 'strainer may again be elevated by the ,pump and passed through nozzles 19 andthe operation .may be continued until the dishes are clean.V 'It'Will-beundstood that crumbs or small particles of food vvill'beA caught by the strainer, and therefore the water reservoir R, orthat part. of the tank below the strainer, Willbe practically free from 0b-v structions- By use offthe'plug. .10 the water receptacle B5. 'the'strainer-, tray and dis- -tributing pan maybe removed and cleansed.A

Thestrainenfpreerably, isp'rovided at its middle with-"an upwardly-projeatingA handle 27, ''nd when the parts are assembled it is adapted tolengagethe 'riddle of the tray and 2 o operate as a supporttherefoi".

Among some of the'advantages to be -derived from the invention, it may be said that it provides an apparatus which 'may be c onstructed for the most 'part of sheet' metal, and at comparatively a moderate cost. Also it is of compa'ct form and may be conveniently moved and arranged ready for use. -Disheleaning devices generally require frequent cleaning or sterilization, and as has been explained, the" several'parts may be readily-separated'for this purpose.

Having -fully` explained' my g invention,

l1. A dish-washing apparatus, comprising;

' in combination with an upright tank adapted havingfan'apertured bottom jand supported 40' to contain Water and provided between its" ends with' afstrainer, a cylindrical receptacle by? the strainerwhile disposed withinfgad tanlz' a `distribut'ing-pan adapted to be -re- "n iovably mounted in' the cylindrical,recep-4 i tacleand having upright, intersectingpartij" ses f5 frabmpaaaents with beamed bottoms; anda pump arranged for moving the'watler from' the tank an' it in combination with an uprightttank adapt ed to contain water 'and provided 'between its' ends with astrainer, a cylindrical recep- 'taele` havin an apertured bottoni and'supported by 't e strainer While disposedv'vith-V 2. A dish-washing apparatus, comprising, Y

"middle of itsv sleeve'disposedrabove'thefinter "i lsectin'gportions Aof said:v partitions` a pump arranged` for movingthe wein-...from the tank and dischargingit the Sleve of'said cover.,l

'in combination with an 'upright' tank," -a

strainer removably mounted' .and

above theA lower end of thev tank, -aY cover provided with a sleeve adaptedtdbe re'- while disposed Y Withnrsaid-:f a fdis- `tribi1ting-p'anl having?A r' a 'provided with apertures and removably? ount'edfin f tankbelovv'said-strainerad arranged todiselargewatei tliesleeveiofs'aidlcover. 

